ExtUtils::MM_MacOS(3)

NAME
ExtUtils::MM_MacOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

SYNOPSIS
 use ExtUtils::MM_MacOS; # Done internally by ExtUtils::MakeMaker if needed

DESCRIPTION
MM_MacOS currently only produces an approximation to the correct Makefile.

maybe_command
    Returns true, if the argument is likely to be a command.

guess_name
    Guess the name of this package by examining the working directory's name. MakeMaker calls this only if the developer has not supplied a NAME attribute.

macify
    Translate relative Unix filepaths into Mac names.

patternify
    Translate Unix filepaths and shell globs to Mac style.

init_main
    Initializes some of NAME, FULLEXT, BASEEXT, DLBASE, PERL_SRC, PERL_LIB, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_INC, INSTALLDIRS, INST_*, INSTALL*, PREFIX, CONFIG, AR, AR_STATIC_ARGS, LD, OBJ_EXT, LIB_EXT, MAP_TARGET, LIBPERL_A, VERSION_FROM, VERSION, DISTNAME, VERSION_SYM.

init_others
    Initializes LDLOADLIBS, LIBS

init_platform
    Add MACPERL_SRC MACPERL_LIB

platform_constants
    Add MACPERL_SRC MACPERL_LIB MACLIBS_68K MACLIBS_PPC MACLIBS_SC MACLIBS_MRC MACLIBS_ALL_68K MACLIBS_ALL_PPC MACLIBS_SHARED

    XXX Few are initialized. How many of these are ever used?

init_dirscan
    Initializes DIR, XS, PM, C, O_FILES, H, PL_FILES, MAN*PODS, EXE_FILES.

init_VERSION (o)
    Change DEFINE_VERSION and XS_DEFINE_VERSION

special_targets (o)
    Add .INCLUDE

static (o)
    Defines the static target.

dlsyms (o)
    Used by MacOS to define DL_FUNCS and DL_VARS and write the *.exp files.

dynamic (o)
    Defines the dynamic target.

clean (o)
    Defines the clean target.

clean_subdirs_target
    MacOS semantics for changing directories and checking for existence very different than everyone else.

realclean (o)
    Defines the realclean target.

realclean_subdirs_target
    MacOS semantics for changing directories and checking for existence very different than everyone else.

rulez (o)
processPL (o)
    Defines targets to run *.PL files.

os_flavor
    MacOS Classic is MacOS and MacOS Classic.